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2000 SESSION

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 278
Offered February 15, 2000
Commending Laura Beth Robinson.
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Patrons-- Potts, Barry, Bolling, Byrne, Chichester, Colgan, Couric, Edwards, Forbes, Hanger, Hawkins, Houck, Howell, Lambert, Lucas, Marsh, Martin, Marye, Maxwell, Miller, K.G., Miller, Y.B., Mims, Newman, Norment, Puckett, Puller, Quayle, Rerras, Reynolds, Saslaw, Schrock, Stolle, Stosch, Ticer, Trumbo, Wampler, Watkins, Whipple and Williams
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WHEREAS, by act of the 1982 General Assembly, milk is the official beverage of the Commonwealth of Virginia; and

WHEREAS, the Virginia Dairy Princess Program is designed to promote the consumption and sale of milk and to remind Virginians of the importance of milk in their daily diets; and

WHEREAS, a cooperative effort of various local dairy promotion agencies and dairy councils, the Virginia Dairy Princess Program annually names a Virginia Dairy Princess, an Alternate Princess, and Dairy Duchesses; and

WHEREAS, Virginia’s Dairy Princess for 2000 is Laura Beth Robinson of Winchester, an 11th-grade student at James Wood High School; and

WHEREAS, a middle-school and high-school member of the Future Farmers of America (FFA), Laura Robinson has served as president, sentinel, and historian of her FFA chapters; and

WHEREAS, a member of the 1999 Virginia State Dairy Judging Team and the 1999 Virginia FFA Dairy Judging Team, Laura Robinson has conducted farm tours, coordinated June Dairy Month activities, and educated youth about 4-H dairy activities; and

WHEREAS, also part of the Virginia Dairy Princess team are Alternate Princess Melissa Hope of Berryville and Dairy Duchesses Elizabeth Fuller of Mt. Solon and Renee Lindsay Sine of Woodstock; and

WHEREAS, Virginia’s Dairy Princess will appear throughout 2000 at various local and statewide agricultural events, including 4-H dairy shows, county dairy shows, and the Virginia State Fair; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly commend Laura Beth Robinson on being selected Virginia Dairy Princess for 2000; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the General Assembly join with the Virginia Dairy Princess and her colleagues in reminding Virginians of the benefits of including milk in their daily diets; and, be it

RESOLVED FINALLY, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Laura Beth Robinson as an expression of the congratulations and best wishes of the General Assembly.